New Music: Cat Clyde – Man’s World

If you were curious as to what the Outlaw Country of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, would sound like from a woman’s perspective, Cat Clyde has the answer.

Man’s World has all the verve and vigour – and a heap of the soul-bearing lyrics – that typified those artists approach to relationships, as well as the way in which their take on country/rock and roll retained its blues influences. That might mean that there’s a very traditional feel to Man’s World, but I’d view it as an artist tapping into the genre’s authentic roots and spirit, from an alternative point of view.

Clyde has said about the song, which is from her Mud Blood Bone album, “This is an expression of the frustration I feel existing as a woman in a patriarchal world. It sometimes feels difficult to be on a 24-hour clock rather than a 28-day cycle, and a 12-month year instead of a 13-month year.”

“I love and crave masculine energy when it’s strong, protective, and emotionally aware. It has been difficult and deeply disappointing to have had experiences dealing with masculine energy that is childish, cowardly, and encroaching on the feminine space.”

“Man’s World touches on my own ideas of what being a woman means in this society and how dangerous and violent it can be for a woman’s heart.”

Mud Blood Bone is out on the 13th of March and can be pre-ordered on Bandcamp. Check out Cat Clyde on Facebook or Instagram for album news, plus details of tour dates in Europe and North America.